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The Star Observer’s commitment to stories that affect Australia’s Indigenous community is nothing new. Here’s a throwback from 1998, when John Howard was Prime Minister and his 10 Point Plan was doing the rounds in the news.

With Sydney recently commemorating 15 years since it hosted the 2000 Olympics, we take a look at how the LGBTI community celebrated the arrival of the Olympic Torch along the city’s famous “gay strip”.